Jessica Rosenworcel: “Protection of the safety of life and property is in the very first sentence of the Communications Act.”

I want to acknowledge that the Emergency Connectivity Fund, championed by Chairman Van Hollen, has also been instrumental in closing the digital divide.

We need to update it from time to time and reaching out to them regularly as we do has been useful.

I strongly support identifying a way to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program into the future to help more families get and stay connected to the high-speed Internet they need to participate in modern life.

Congress set aside funding for it but those funds are not sufficient to fully fund reimbursement.